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A fallacy of irrelevance where a conclusion is suggested based solely on something or someones origin rather than its current meaning or context.
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Genetic fallacy — The genetic fallacy is a fallacy of irrelevance where a conclusion is suggested based solely on something or someone s origin rather than its current meaning or context. This overlooks any difference to be found in the present situation,… … Wikipedia
genetic fallacy — noun : the fallacy of employing the genetic method under inapplicable circumstances or in inappropriate ways; especially : an invalid resolution of phenomena into their antecedents * * * Logic. the fallacy of confusing questions of validity and… … Useful english dictionary
genetic fallacy — Logic. the fallacy of confusing questions of validity and logical order with questions of origin and temporal order. [1930 35] * * * … Universalium
genetic fallacy — The alleged mistake of arguing that something is to be rejected because of its suspicious origins. More widely, any mistake of inferring something about the nature of some topic from a proposition about its origins. Frequently such reasoning is,… … Philosophy dictionary
Fallacy — In logic and rhetoric, a fallacy is usually incorrect argumentation in reasoning resulting in a misconception or presumption. By accident or design, fallacies may exploit emotional triggers in the listener or interlocutor (appeal to emotion), or… … Wikipedia
Genetic anthropomorphism — In evolutionary biology, genetic anthropomorphism refers to thinking like a gene . The central question is if I were a gene, what would I do in order to reproduce myself . The question is an obvious fallacy; genes are incapable of thought.… … Wikipedia
''Same Team'' Fallacy — Same Team Fallacy: A case where an arguer knows the main criticisms of their argument, and then asserts that the counter argument should have the same criticisms (based on a genetic fallacy of its arguer). It is often characterized by the fallacy … Wikipedia
"Human genetic diversity: Lewontin's fallacy" (scientific paper) — Infobox Multi Locus Allele Clusters In a haploid population, when a single locus is considered (blue), with two alleles, + and … Wikipedia
Human genetic variation — is the natural variation in gene frequencies observed between the genomes of individuals or groups of humans. Variation can be measured at both the individual level (differences between individual people) and at the population level, i.e.… … Wikipedia
Lewontin's Fallacy — Human Genetic Diversity: Lewontin s Fallacy is a 2003 paper by A.W.F. Edwards that criticizes Richard Lewontin s 1972 conclusion [Made in The apportionment of human diversity (1972) and again in the 1974 book The Genetic Basis of Evolutionary… … Wikipedia
